WO2014208509A1 - Procédé de production d'une solution de sel de tétraalkylammonium de concentration élevée - Google Patents

Procédé de production d'une solution de sel de tétraalkylammonium de concentration élevée Download PDF

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WO2014208509A1
WO2014208509A1 PCT/JP2014/066592 JP2014066592W WO2014208509A1 WO 2014208509 A1 WO2014208509 A1 WO 2014208509A1 JP 2014066592 W JP2014066592 W JP 2014066592W WO 2014208509 A1 WO2014208509 A1 WO 2014208509A1
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  • the present invention relates to a novel production method for producing a solution containing a tetraalkylammonium salt using a cation exchange resin.
  • a negative or positive photoresist comprising a novolac resin, a polystyrene resin or the like on a metal layer formed on the substrate surface is used. Coating, exposing to this through a photomask for pattern formation, and developing mainly composed of tetraalkylammonium hydroxide (hereinafter also referred to as TAA hydroxide) for the uncured portion or the cured portion
  • TAA hydroxide tetraalkylammonium hydroxide
  • TAA hydroxide-containing development waste liquid After developing with the developer, cleaning with ultrapure water is performed to remove the developer remaining on the substrate, and after this cleaning process, the cleaning process waste liquid containing TAA hydroxide is discharged. Is done. These development waste liquid and washing process waste liquid are usually mixed and then discharged as TAA hydroxide-containing development waste liquid. In recent years, as the production amount of semiconductors and liquid crystals increases, the consumption of the developer increases, and the discharge amount of the TAA hydroxide-containing developer waste also increases. Recently, a method for recovering TAA hydroxide has been proposed in which TAA hydroxide is recovered from the TAA hydroxide-containing developer waste, purified, and reused.
  • the TAA hydroxide concentration in the TAA hydroxide-containing developer waste liquid, which is discharged by mixing the development process waste liquid and the washing process waste liquid, is usually as low as about 100 to 10,000 ppm.
  • concentration to increase the concentration of TAA hydroxide in the waste liquid is performed. Means are essential.
  • a TAA hydroxide in a developing waste solution may be abbreviated as “TAA ion” (hereinafter referred to as “TAA ion”. Is an abbreviation for “tetraalkylammonium”.) Is adsorbed on a cation exchange resin, and then the TAA ions are eluted from the resin by contacting the aqueous acid solution with the cation exchange resin to obtain an aqueous TAA salt solution.
  • a method has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
  • the obtained TAA salt aqueous solution is further concentrated and converted into an aqueous solution of TAA hydroxide by electrolysis or the like.
  • the cation exchange resin As described above, by using the cation exchange resin, it is possible to recover the TAA salt aqueous solution containing TAA ions at a higher concentration than the development waste liquid. However, the recovered TAA salt aqueous solution is used in the next electrolysis step. In order to supply, further concentration is required. Generally, concentration is performed to 40 to 60% by mass by evaporation or the like. Therefore, it is desirable to further increase the concentration of the TAA salt aqueous solution obtained from the cation exchange resin from the viewpoint of improving production efficiency and reducing the concentration cost.
  • the inventors of the present invention contact TAA hydroxide in a developing waste solution with a cation exchange resin to adsorb the TAA ions to the cation exchange resin, and then contact the acid aqueous solution as an eluent with the cation exchange resin.
  • a cation exchange resin of a hydrogen ion type having a small volume swelling rate when all the hydrogen ions are replaced with TAA ions is used. It has been found that the acid concentration of the eluent in the packed column packed with ion exchange resin can be reduced, and as a result, the concentration of TAA ions in the effluent can be increased.
  • a high-concentration recovery liquid with a higher TAA ion concentration can be obtained.
  • High concentration recovery that is recovered by separating the mixed solution containing TAA ions and acid (acid mixed solution) that continues to flow out and collecting it before passing the acid aqueous solution as the eluent of the next batch. It has been found that the TAA ion concentration in the liquid can be further increased, and the present invention has been completed.
  • One aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a tetraalkylammonium salt solution, wherein a solution containing a tetraalkylammonium salt is obtained from a solution containing a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide, (1) A tetraalkyl hydroxide is placed in an adsorption tower packed with a hydrogen ion type cation exchange resin having a volume swelling ratio of 1.2 times or less when substantially all hydrogen ions are replaced with tetraalkylammonium ions.
  • An adsorption step in which a tetraalkylammonium ion in the solution is adsorbed on a cation exchange resin by passing a solution containing ammonium; (2) Cation exchange by passing an acid aqueous solution having a hydrogen ion concentration of 4 to 6 mol / L as an eluent through an adsorption tower packed with a cation exchange resin adsorbed with tetraalkylammonium ions.
  • An elution step of eluting tetraalkylammonium ions adsorbed on the resin as the acid salt and recovering the effluent flowing out of the adsorption tower A series of steps of performing the (2) elution step after the (1) adsorption step is repeated a plurality of times,
  • the (2) elution step is a method for producing a high-concentration tetraalkylammonium salt solution, comprising the step of fractionating and recovering the following high-concentration recovery solution (i) from the effluent.
  • the first threshold value and the second threshold value are a set of values arbitrarily selected from the range of 0.07 to 0.55 so that the second threshold value is larger than the first threshold value.
  • the first threshold is preferably a value arbitrarily selected from the range of 0.07 to 0.13
  • the second threshold is preferably a value arbitrarily selected from the range of 0.35 to 0.55. is there.
  • the “volume swelling ratio when substantially all of the hydrogen ions are replaced with tetraalkylammonium ions” of the cation exchange resin is determined by performing the following steps (a) to (j) in the following order. The value measured is applied.
  • volume swelling ratio (TAA type resin column height) / (H type resin column height) Calculated by
  • step (a) commercially available H-type cation exchange resins are usually provided in a wet state with a small amount of water, but the water content of the resin charged in step (a) is The value of the volume swelling rate calculated in the step (j) is not affected.
  • step (d) and (i) In measuring the height of the cation resin column in the steps (d) and (i), if the upper surface of the cation resin column is not flat, for example, a small amount of ultrapure water is added from the top of the resin column. The height of the cation resin column is measured after flattening the upper surface of the resin column by an operation such as applying vibration to the resin column.
  • the amount of TAAH in the effluent can be measured, for example, by neutralization titration, conductivity measurement, ion chromatography, or the like. Note that each of the steps (a) to (j) is performed at room temperature (25 ° C.).
  • the (2) elution step further includes the step of fractionating and collecting the following acid mixture (ii):
  • the acid mixture (ii) is recovered (2) In one or a plurality of (2) elution steps performed after the next elution step, substantially all of the acid mixture (ii) is adsorbed. It is preferable to pass through the adsorption tower as an eluent before passing the aqueous acid solution through the tower.
  • the acid mixture (ii) was recovered (2) one or more times (2) the elution step performed after the next elution step” was the case where the acid mixture (ii) was recovered.
  • the acid mixture (ii) is passed through the multiple (2) elution steps, and the acid mixture (ii) is passed through the multiple (2) elution steps. It means that the total is substantially the total amount of the acid mixture (ii).
  • the “substantial total amount” means the total amount excluding inevitable losses (for example, evaporation, adhesion to pipes or storage tank inner walls, etc.).
  • the mode in which the flow of the acid mixture (ii) recovered in a certain (2) elution step is divided into a plurality of subsequent (2) elution steps is performed, for example, by a plurality of (2) elution
  • the "substantially total amount" of the acid mixture (ii) recovered in one (2) elution step is passed through, so that the amount used over such multiple (2) elution steps is cumulative.
  • it is a concept including an aspect that asymptotically approaches the total amount excluding inevitable losses, and specifically means that 90% or more, preferably 95% or more of the total amount is supplied to the liquid.
  • the acid mixture (ii) is an eluate before the acid aqueous solution is passed through the adsorption tower in the (2) elution step following the (2) elution step in which the acid mixture (ii) is recovered. As a result, the entire amount can be passed through the adsorption tower.
  • the acid mixture (ii) is passed through the adsorption tower as follows: Adding an acid to the acid mixture (ii) to obtain an adjustment liquid in which the acid concentration is adjusted to 4 to 6 mol / L in terms of hydrogen ions; It is preferable to include a step of passing the adjusting solution through an adsorption tower as an eluent before passing the acid aqueous solution.
  • the (2) elution step further includes a step of fractionating and recovering the following recovered acid (iii): In the one or more (2) elution steps performed after the next time (2) the elution step in which the recovered acid (iii) is recovered, the concentration of the aqueous acid solution passed as an eluent through the adsorption tower is It is preferable to adjust using recovered acid (iii).
  • the recovered acid (iii) is the concentration of the aqueous acid solution passed through the adsorption tower as an eluent in the (2) elution step next to the (2) elution step in which the recovered acid (iii) was recovered. Can be used to adjust.
  • a TAA salt solution having an increased TAA ion concentration can be recovered.
  • the time and energy required in the step of concentrating the TAA salt solution to a concentration suitable for supplying the TAA salt solution to the electrolysis step can be reduced, thereby reducing cost.
  • the acid mixed liquid (ii) is separated and recovered and used as an eluent before the acid aqueous solution in the next batch and subsequent batches. It is possible to reduce acid consumption while recovering TAA ions more efficiently.
  • the high concentration recovery liquid it becomes possible to further increase the TAA ion concentration in (i).
  • the consumption of acid can be reduced, and the effluent after recovering the recovered acid (iii) Since it is a dilute acid aqueous solution containing almost no TAA salt, wastewater treatment is facilitated, and costs for wastewater treatment can be reduced.
  • TMACl tetramethylammonium chloride
  • the present invention relates to a method for producing a tetraalkylammonium salt (TAA salt) solution having a high concentration from a solution containing tetraalkylammonium hydroxide (TAAH), wherein the TAAH solution is contacted with a cation exchange resin to produce TAA ions.
  • the effluent with a high TAA ion concentration among the effluents from the adsorption tower is used as a high concentration recovery liquid (i).
  • the main feature is that it is separated and collected.
  • the solution containing tetraalkylammonium hydroxide is not particularly limited, but is preferably a photoresist developing waste solution generated in a semiconductor manufacturing process, a liquid crystal display manufacturing process, or the like.
  • waste liquids are waste liquids that are discharged when developing the exposed photoresist with an alkaline developer, and mainly contain photoresist, TAAH, and metal ions.
  • Such a waste liquid is usually an aqueous solution.
  • Photoresist developing waste liquid usually exhibits an alkalinity with a pH of 10 to 14.
  • acid groups such as carboxyl groups and phenolic hydroxyl groups are dissolved by acid dissociation.
  • main photoresist include indenecarboxylic acid produced by photolysis of the photosensitizing agent o-diazonaphthoquinone and phenols derived from novolac resin.
  • the composition of the waste liquid discharged in this development process is such that TAAH is about 0.01 to 1% by mass, photoresist is about 10 to 100 ppm, and surfactant is about 0 to several tens of ppm. It becomes.
  • waste liquids from other processes may be mixed, and the TAAH concentration may be further lowered within the above range. Specifically, it may be 0.05% by mass or less (about 0.01 to 0.05% by mass).
  • the photoresist developing waste liquid discharged from the liquid crystal display manufacturing process often has a TAAH concentration of 0.01 to 0.5% by mass, and the method of the present invention uses such a photoresist developing waste liquid from the TAA salt. It can employ
  • the photoresist developing waste liquid contains a plurality of metal ions.
  • metal ions for example, monovalent ions such as sodium and potassium, divalent ions such as calcium and zinc, and other polyvalent ions such as aluminum, nickel, copper, chromium and iron in the photoresist developing waste liquid. It is a metal that is typically contained in large quantities. Such metals are usually contained in the photoresist developing waste liquid by about 0.1 to 100 ppb.
  • TAAH in the photoresist development waste liquid is an alkali used in a photoresist developer used in the production of various electronic components.
  • Specific examples of TAAH include tetramethylammonium hydroxide (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as “TMAH”), tetraethylammonium hydroxide, tetrapropylammonium hydroxide, tetrabutylammonium hydroxide, methyltriethylammonium hydroxide, Trimethylethylammonium hydroxide, dimethyldiethylammonium hydroxide, trimethyl (2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium hydroxide, triethyl (2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium hydroxide, dimethyldi (2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium hydroxide, diethyldi (2 -Hydroxyethyl) ammonium, methyltri (2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium hydroxide, ethy
  • TAAH tetraalkylammonium hydroxide
  • the liquid is passed through an adsorption tower filled with a cation exchange resin of a type (hereinafter also referred to as “H type”), and TAA ions are adsorbed on the cation exchange resin.
  • TAA ions are cations, they are adsorbed on the resin by causing ion exchange with hydrogen ions of the cation exchange resin by contacting with the H-type cation exchange resin. Therefore, TAA ions can be efficiently recovered from the waste liquid by the H-type cation exchange resin. In particular, TAA ions can be recovered at low cost even in waste liquids where the concentration of TAAH is low.
  • the photoresist-derived organic components dissolved in the waste liquid are usually in the form of anions, and thus are hardly adsorbed by the cation exchange resin. Adsorb. Therefore, in the subsequent TAA salt recovery step, there is a possibility of being mixed into the TAA salt solution. The removal of such organic components will be described later.
  • the H-type cation exchange resin that adsorbs the TAA ions is a cation exchange resin having a volume swelling ratio of 1.2 times or less.
  • the volume swell rate is a volume swell rate when substantially all of the hydrogen ions of the cation exchange resin are replaced with tetraalkylammonium ions.
  • the value is based on the volume of the cation exchange resin (ie, 1 time).
  • the cation exchange resin swells more or less when TAA ions are adsorbed, and simultaneously takes in water.
  • TAA ions are eluted from the cation exchange resin and the cation exchange resin returns to the H-type, the cation exchange resin contracts to the volume before adsorbing the TAA ions, and at the same time releases the water held inside. .
  • a cation exchange resin having a large volume swelling ratio is used, the resulting TAA salt solution is significantly diluted by water released by the cation exchange resin when the cation exchange resin contracts during TAA ion elution. Therefore, the high concentration TAA salt solution intended by the present invention cannot be obtained.
  • the structure of the cation exchange resin may be a gel type or an MR type (macroporous type).
  • the shape of the resin may be any of powder, granule, film, fiber and the like.
  • Cation exchange resins are usually marketed in the state where the counter ion is hydrogen ion (H type) or sodium ion (Na type), but the viewpoint of preventing sodium ions from being mixed into the finally obtained TAAH solution
  • H type hydrogen ion
  • Na type sodium ion
  • an H-type cation exchange resin in which counter ions are hydrogen ions is used.
  • a cation exchange resin that is commercially available in Na type pass an acid such as hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid through the cation exchange resin in advance and thoroughly wash it with water, so that the counter ion becomes a hydrogen ion. use.
  • water used for cleaning pure water or ultrapure water is used. In particular, by using ultrapure water, contamination of the cation exchange resin can be suppressed, and a higher purity TAA salt solution can be obtained. Therefore, ultrapure water can be preferably used for washing the cation exchange resin.
  • cation exchange resins that can be used in the present invention and are commercially available include Amberlite IR120B, Amberlite IR124, Amberlyst 15JWET, manufactured by Rohm and Haas, a strongly acidic cation exchange resin, Examples include Diaion SK1B, Diaion SK110, Diaion SK112, Diaion PK228, Duolite C255LFH, Sumitomo Chemtex Co., Ltd., Lancetes Lebatit Monoplus S100, and Purolite Purolite C160 manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.
  • Adsorption step Step of passing the solution through an adsorption tower packed with a cation exchange resin and adsorbing TAA ions to the cation exchange resin
  • TAA ions are adsorbed on the cation exchange resin by passing a solution containing TAAH through the adsorption tower packed with the above H-type cation exchange resin and bringing it into contact with the cation exchange resin.
  • a known method can be employed without any particular limitation, and details are determined according to the type and shape of the cation exchange resin. be able to.
  • an adsorption tower system in which the adsorption tower is filled with a cation exchange resin and the solution is continuously passed can be preferably employed.
  • the conditions may be appropriately determined according to the performance of the cation exchange resin, etc.
  • the content of TAAH is 0.01 to 1
  • the ratio (L / D) of the height (L) of the adsorption tower to the diameter (inner diameter D) of the adsorption tower is 0.5 to 30, and the space velocity (SV) of the solution Is preferably 1 to 200 h ⁇ 1 .
  • the amount of the solution to be passed is preferably an amount containing TAA ions equivalent to or more than the total exchange capacity of the cation exchange resin packed in the adsorption tower from the viewpoint that a high concentration TAA salt can be produced.
  • two adsorption towers filled with the same amount of cation exchange resin are installed in series, and a liquid containing TAA ions flowing out from the first tower is passed through the second tower, so that TAA ions are converted into the system. Processing can be performed without leaking outside.
  • TAA ions have flowed out (breakthrough) without being adsorbed when a solution containing an amount of cations larger than the exchange capacity of the cation exchange resin is passed. This can be confirmed by analyzing the TAA ion concentration in the liquid flowing out through the column by ion chromatography. More simply, it can be confirmed by measuring the pH of the passed liquid. If the TAA ions pass through the adsorption tower without being adsorbed, the pH of the liquid that has passed through becomes alkaline, so that it can also be confirmed by a pH meter.
  • TAA ions when TAA ions are contained in the liquid that has passed through the adsorption tower, the conductivity of the liquid rises, and therefore it is possible to confirm the presence or absence of breakthrough also by the conductivity. Further, it is possible to confirm the adsorption of TAA ions by the volume occupied by the cation exchange resin in the adsorption tower.
  • the volume of the cation exchange resin swells at a predetermined swelling rate according to the type of the cation exchange resin. Therefore, adsorption of TAA ions can be confirmed by the volume of the cation exchange resin used.
  • Elution process (Elution process for recovering tetraalkylammonium salt from cation exchange resin adsorbed tetraalkylammonium ions)
  • an acid aqueous solution is passed as an eluent through an adsorption tower packed with the cation exchange resin, and a recovered liquid flowing out from the adsorption tower is recovered.
  • a tetraalkylammonium salt is produced by Elution process.
  • the hydrogen ion concentration of the aqueous acid solution used as the eluent of the present invention is 4 to 6 mol / L, preferably 5 to 6 mol / L.
  • the acid aqueous solution is not particularly limited as long as the hydrogen ion concentration is within the above range, but from the viewpoint of recovering the TAA salt at a higher concentration, a strong acid having a large dissociation multiplier K is meant to efficiently replace the TAA ion. Is preferably used.
  • the TAA salt solution produced according to the present invention is converted into TAAH by subjecting it to an electrolysis step which is a subsequent step, it is difficult to cause adverse effects due to the mixing of organic components other than the TAA salt.
  • the acid aqueous solution used is preferably an inorganic acid. Specifically, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and the like are preferably used.
  • the solvent constituting the acid aqueous solution used in the present invention is not particularly limited, but may be water in terms of ease of dissolution of the alkali metal salt, cost, and the like that do not adversely affect electrolysis for the production of TAAH. preferable.
  • water ion exchange water, pure water, ultrapure water, or the like can be used.
  • the flow rate of the aqueous acid solution as the eluent is not particularly limited, and can be appropriately selected according to the dimensions of the adsorption tower, the type and amount of the cation exchange resin, the hydrogen ion concentration of the aqueous acid solution, and the like.
  • the space velocity (SV) of the acid aqueous solution is preferably 1 to 50 h ⁇ 1 .
  • an adsorption tower system in which an adsorption tower is filled with the cation exchange resin and a solution containing TAAH and an acid aqueous solution are continuously passed through Is preferred.
  • the adsorption tower method the work can be carried out efficiently, so that the same adsorption tower is used, TAA ions are adsorbed on the cation exchange resin packed in the adsorption tower, and then the aqueous acid solution is passed. It is preferable to make it.
  • TAA ions are converted into TAA salts from one end of the adsorption tower using the anion of the acid used (for example, Cl ⁇ for hydrochloric acid, SO 4 2 ⁇ for sulfuric acid, etc.) as a counter ion. Since it flows out (elutes), the effluent is collected in a storage tank.
  • the anion of the acid used for example, Cl ⁇ for hydrochloric acid, SO 4 2 ⁇ for sulfuric acid, etc.
  • a major feature of the present invention is that the effluent containing a high concentration of TAA salt in the effluent is fractionated and recovered as a high concentration recovery liquid (i).
  • the conductivity of the effluent from the adsorption tower is measured using a conductivity meter, and the effluent is returned to the high-concentration recovery liquid recovery tank according to the conductivity value. Determine the start and end of collection.
  • the conductivity of the acid aqueous solution used as the eluent is measured in advance. And the conductivity value of the effluent is measured, and the ratio of the value to the conductivity value of the acid aqueous solution starts recovery to the high concentration recovery liquid recovery tank from the time when it reaches the first threshold, When the second threshold value is reached, the collection into the collection tank is stopped.
  • the first and second threshold values are a set of values arbitrarily selected from the range of 0.07 to 0.55 so that the second threshold value is larger than the first threshold value.
  • the first threshold value is preferably a value arbitrarily selected from the range of 0.07 to 0.13, and the second threshold value is 0.35 to A value arbitrarily selected from the range of 0.55 is preferable.
  • the residual liquid in the adsorption tower is first replaced with the eluent and flows out.
  • the residual liquid in the adsorption tower is replaced with the eluent, the TAA ions that have been replaced with the hydrogen ions in the eluent and started to flow out as a TAA salt solution begin to flow out.
  • the conductivity value of the effluent gradually increases when the residual liquid in the adsorption tower is replaced with the eluent, and approaches the conductivity of the eluent used as the replacement with hydrogen ions proceeds.
  • the degree of substitution with hydrogen ions can be known by measuring the electrical conductivity of.
  • the conductivity of the eluent to be used is measured in advance, and collection is started when the ratio of the conductivity of the effluent to the conductivity of the eluent reaches a first threshold selected from the above range, and the second By stopping the collection when the above threshold value is reached, a high concentration TAA salt solution can be collected.
  • the behavior of the TAA ion concentration and hydrogen ion concentration in the effluent is slightly different depending on various conditions such as the capacity and shape of the adsorption tower, the type and amount of ion exchange resin, the type of eluent, and the flow rate for supplying the eluent. . Therefore, in order to obtain a high-concentration recovery liquid (i) having a desired TAA salt concentration in the actually used adsorption tower, an electric conductivity ratio (first step) in which recovery to the high-concentration recovery liquid recovery tank is started within the above range by experiments in advance. 1 threshold) and the conductivity ratio to be stopped (second threshold) may be selected.
  • the range of the conductivity value of the effluent to be recovered should be as small as possible. From the viewpoint of recovery production efficiency, select the conductivity ratio (first threshold) to start recovery from the range of 0.07 to 0.13, and recover from the range of 0.35 to 0.55. It is preferable to select a conductivity ratio (second threshold value) that stops.
  • the effluent from the start of the eluent flow to the start of the recovery of the high concentration recovery liquid (i) can be treated as a waste liquid.
  • the continuous effluent after the high-concentration recovery liquid (i) is recovered in the high-concentration recovery liquid recovery tank is recovered as an acid mixed liquid (ii).
  • TAA The entire amount of the acid mixture (ii) is passed as an eluent before passing an acid aqueous solution having a hydrogen ion concentration of 4 to 6 mol / l through an adsorption tower packed with a cation exchange resin on which ions are adsorbed. can do.
  • the effluent after recovering the high concentration recovery liquid (i) still contains TAA salt to some extent, it is possible to recover the acid mixture (ii) and use it as the eluent of the next batch. This is an economically preferable aspect from the viewpoint of reducing the recovery loss of the TAA salt and suppressing the consumption of the aqueous acid solution used as the eluent.
  • the recovery of the acid mixture stops the recovery of the effluent into the high-concentration recovery liquid recovery tank and simultaneously starts the recovery into the acid mixture recovery tank.
  • the recovery is stopped when the ratio of the acid aqueous solution used as the ratio reaches the third threshold value arbitrarily selected from the range of 0.8 to 0.95.
  • the acid mixture (ii) can be used as an eluent in the (2) elution step of the next batch.
  • the TAA salt in the acid mixture liquid (ii) can be efficiently recovered in the high concentration TAA salt recovery liquid (i) in the next batch.
  • the point at which the recovery of the acid mixed solution (ii) is stopped is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that the TAA salt is contained at a certain concentration or more.
  • the TAA salt concentration in the effluent decreases. Therefore, by conducting an experiment in advance, a conductivity ratio (third threshold) is determined so that the TAA salt concentration in the acid mixed solution becomes a desired concentration, and the ratio of the conductivity of the effluent to the conductivity of the acid aqueous solution is What is necessary is just to stop the collection
  • the third threshold is preferably selected from the range of 0.8 to 0.95.
  • the third threshold value is greater than 0.95, the TAA salt concentration in the acid mixture (ii) decreases, so the TAA salt concentration in the high concentration recovery solution (i) recovered in the next batch increases. The contribution is reduced. Further, when the third threshold value is smaller than 0.8, the TAA salt recovery rate is lowered.
  • an acid can be added to the acid mixture (ii) to adjust the hydrogen ion concentration to 4 to 6 mol / L, and the adjustment liquid can be passed as an eluent.
  • the entire amount of the adjustment liquid is passed as an eluent before passing an acid aqueous solution having a hydrogen ion concentration of 4 to 6 mol / L through an adsorption tower packed with a cation exchange resin on which TAA ions are adsorbed.
  • the adsorbed TAA ions were eluted and recovered by passing an acid aqueous solution as an eluent through the adsorption tower or by passing the acid aqueous solution after passing through the entire acid mixture. Then, when recovery of the acid mixture (ii) is stopped, the eluent flow is stopped, and pure water is supplied until the effluent has a conductivity of 10 mS / cm or less to remove the acid in the adsorption tower. It is preferable to do.
  • the effluent after the recovery to the acid mixed solution recovery tank contains a low concentration TAA salt and an aqueous acid solution.
  • pure water is supplied instead of the eluent, and finally the effluent becomes water.
  • the continuous effluent after the recovery of the effluent into the acid mixture recovery tank is stopped as recovered acid (iii), separated from the other effluent, and recovered into the recovered acid recovery tank.
  • recovered acid (iii) can be used for adjusting the concentration of the aqueous acid solution that is passed as an eluent in the elution step.
  • the recovery of the effluent from the adsorption tower to the acid mixture recovery tank is stopped, the recovery of the recovered acid (iii) to the recovery acid recovery tank is started. Then, after the conductivity of the effluent measured using a conductivity meter starts to decrease (that is, the slope of the conductivity value becomes negative), the conductivity of the effluent is measured as an acid used as an eluent.
  • the recovery is stopped when the ratio of the aqueous solution to the electric conductivity reaches a fourth threshold value arbitrarily selected from the range of 0.5 to 0.95.
  • the fourth threshold value is smaller than 0.5, the acid concentration of the recovered acid (iii) decreases, so that it becomes difficult to use the entire amount of the recovered acid (iii) for adjusting the concentration of the acid aqueous solution in the next batch. .
  • the fourth threshold value from the above range, it is economical because the acid aqueous solution can be efficiently recovered and the acid consumption can be suppressed. Furthermore, the recovered acid (iii) containing some TAA salt is separated and recovered, so that the effluent after recovery of the recovered acid contains almost no TAA salt. For this reason, waste water treatment becomes simple and it is advantageous from the viewpoint of waste water treatment cost.
  • the method of measuring the conductivity of the effluent and separating and collecting each when the effluent conductivity reaches a threshold selected from a predetermined range is not particularly limited.
  • a flow path switching valve is provided in the immediate downstream of the device for measuring the effluent conductivity, and when the effluent conductivity reaches the threshold, the valve flow path is switched to flow into each recovery tank.
  • a method of introducing the liquid for example, introducing the liquid.
  • a conventionally known method can be employed without any particular limitation. Specifically, for example, a certain amount of effluent flowing out from the adsorption tower is sampled and measured using a conductivity meter, or an in-line type conductivity meter is installed in the middle of the pipe leading the effluent to the storage tank. Examples of the method include measurement. Above all, by using an in-line type conductivity meter, it is possible to stop the collection at the moment when the conductivity reaches the threshold without drawing out the liquid halfway, and it is possible to suppress the loss of the collected liquid, An inline conductivity meter can be preferably employed.
  • the time interval for measuring the conductivity is preferably changed mainly by the flow rate (flow velocity) of the effluent.
  • the flow rate flow velocity
  • the change in the conductivity of the effluent is steep, and therefore it is preferable to shorten the time interval for measuring the conductivity from the viewpoint of reliably obtaining a recovered liquid having a desired property.
  • TAAH Metal for producing tetraalkylammonium hydroxide from tetraalkylammonium salt
  • TAAH can be produced by subjecting the TAA salt contained in the solution recovered from the waste liquid by the above method to electrodialysis, electrolysis or the like.
  • the metal ion component in the TAA salt solution is obtained by bringing the TAA salt solution into contact with a cation exchange resin (however, the counter ion is previously substituted with a TAA ion) and / or a chelate resin.
  • a method of removing organic substances such as photoresist by bringing the TAA salt solution into contact with an adsorbent such as activated carbon or an anion exchange resin.
  • the TAA salt solution concentration method include a method of concentrating with an electrodialysis, an evaporator, and a reverse osmosis membrane. From the viewpoint of improving production efficiency, it is preferable to concentrate until the TAA concentration reaches about 60% by mass. Therefore, providing a TAA solution containing a higher concentration of TAA salt as a TAA salt solution before concentration by the method of the present invention is very significant in terms of production efficiency and economy.
  • TAA salt electrolysis process As an electrolysis process for obtaining TAAH by electrolyzing the obtained TAA salt, a known method can be used without particular limitation depending on the type of the recovered TAA salt.
  • the recovered TAA salt is a hydrochloride
  • the TAA salt can be preferably converted to TAAH by the electrolysis method described in Japanese Patent No. 3290183.
  • TMAH tetramethylammonium hydroxide discharged from a liquid crystal factory
  • TMA tetramethylammonium hydroxide discharged from a liquid crystal factory
  • the waste liquid was used as a sample liquid.
  • the conductivity was measured with an electrode-type conductivity meter (measuring device: SC72 (manufactured by Yokogawa Electric Corporation)).
  • TMACl tetraalkylammonium chloride
  • TMA 2 SO 4 sulfuric acid tetraalkyl ammonium
  • Example 1 A strongly acidic cation exchange resin DIAION SK112 (manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) (H type, 200 mL) having an exchange capacity of 2.1 mol / (L-resin) or more was packed into a cylindrical column having a diameter (inner diameter) of 26 mm.
  • the resin has a volume swelling ratio of 1.15 times when tetraalkylammonium ions are adsorbed.
  • the conductivity of switching the first fraction was 102 mS / cm, which was 0.12 times the conductivity of the eluent.
  • the first fraction solution contained 5.20% by mass (0.47 mol / L) of TMACl and was treated as a waste solution.
  • 80 mL from E to F was fractionated as a high concentration recovery liquid.
  • the switching conductivity of this high-concentration recovery liquid was 330 mS / cm, which was 0.38 times that of the eluent.
  • This high-concentration recovered liquid contained 27.85% by mass (2.54 mol / L) of TMACl and 3.03% by mass (0.84 mol / L) of HCl.
  • the concentration of the high concentration recovery liquid was 23.17% by mass in terms of TMAH, and was a desired high concentration recovery liquid.
  • 200 mL from G to K was fractionated as an acid mixture.
  • the conductivity of the acid mixture switching was 762 mS / cm, which was 0.88 times that of the eluent.
  • This acid mixture contained 10.40% by mass (0.95 mol / L) of TMACl and 15.66% by mass (4.61 mol / L) of HCl.
  • 240 mL of L to Q was fractionated as the recovered acid.
  • the conductivity of this recovered acid switching was 521 mS / cm, which was 0.60 times the conductivity of the eluent.
  • the recovered acid contained 17.32% by mass (5.14 mol / L) HCl.
  • the remaining 160 mL of R to U contained 0.14% by mass (0.04 mol / L) HCl and was treated as a waste liquid.
  • Example 2 (Adsorption process / water washing process) Under the same conditions as in Example 1, the sample solution was passed through and TMA ions were adsorbed to perform water washing.
  • TMACl concentration and HCl concentration of these fractions were measured, respectively.
  • the first 160 mL was used as the first fraction.
  • the conductivity of switching the first fraction was 78 mS / cm, which was 0.09 times the conductivity of the eluent.
  • This first fractionation liquid contained 3.13% by mass (0.29 mol / L) of TMACl and was treated as a waste liquid.
  • the next 160 mL was fractionated as a high concentration recovery liquid.
  • the conductivity of switching the high concentration recovery liquid was 338 mS / cm, which was 0.39 times that of the eluent.
  • This high-concentration recovery liquid contained 27.26% by mass (2.49 mol / L) of TMACl and 2.15% by mass (0.59 mol / L) of HCl.
  • the concentration of the high concentration recovery liquid was 22.68% by mass in terms of TMAH, and was a desired high concentration recovery liquid.
  • the next 240 mL was fractionated as an acid mixture.
  • the conductivity of switching the acid mixture was 725 mS / cm, which was 0.84 times the conductivity of the eluent.
  • This acid mixed solution contained 11.75% by mass (1.07 mol / L) of TMACl and 14.06% by mass (4.11 mol / L) of HCl.
  • the next 280 mL was fractionated as recovered acid.
  • the conductivity of this recovered acid switching was 776 mS / cm, which was 0.90 times the conductivity of the eluent.
  • the recovered acid contained 18.11% by mass (5.39 mol / L) HCl.
  • the remaining 160 mL contained 0.27 mass% (0.07 mol / L) HCl and was treated as a waste liquid.
  • Example 3 (Adsorption process / water washing process) Under the same conditions as in Example 1, the sample solution was passed through and TMA ions were adsorbed to perform water washing.
  • Example 4 (Adsorption process / water washing process) Under the same conditions as in Example 1, the sample solution was passed through and TMA ions were adsorbed to perform water washing.
  • Example 5 (Adsorption process / water washing process) Under the same conditions as in Example 1, the sample solution was passed through and TMA ions were adsorbed to perform water washing.
  • Example 6 (Adsorption process / water washing process) Under the same conditions as in Example 1, the sample solution was passed through and TMA ions were adsorbed to perform water washing.
  • Example 7 (Adsorption process / water washing process) Under the same conditions as in Example 1, the sample solution was passed through and TMA ions were adsorbed to perform water washing.
  • Example 8> (Adsorption process / water washing process) Under the same conditions as in Example 1, the sample solution was passed through and TMA ions were adsorbed to perform water washing.
  • Example 9 (Adsorption process / water washing process) Under the same conditions as in Example 1, the sample solution was passed through and TMA ions were adsorbed to perform water washing.
  • the conductivity of switching the high concentration recovery liquid was 328 mS / cm, which was 0.38 times the conductivity of the eluent.
  • This high-concentration recovery liquid contained 29.10% by mass (2.66 mol / L) of TMACl and 2.47% by mass (0.68 mol / L) of HCl.
  • the concentration of the high concentration recovery liquid was 24.21% by mass in terms of TMAH, and was a desired high concentration recovery liquid.
  • the next 200 mL was fractionated as an acid mixture.
  • the conductivity of the switching of the acid mixture was 734 mS / cm, which was 0.85 times the conductivity of the eluent.
  • This acid mixture contained 10.60% by mass (0.97 mol / L) of TMACl and 14.28% by mass (4.18 mol / L) of HCl.
  • the next 280 mL was fractionated as recovered acid.
  • the collected acid switching conductivity was 764 mS / cm, which was 0.88 times the eluent conductivity.
  • the recovered acid contained 18.28% by mass (5.45 mol / L) HCl.
  • the remaining 120 ml contained 0.47% by mass (0.13 mol / L) HCl and was treated as a waste liquid.
  • ⁇ Comparative example 2> The sample solution was passed under the same conditions as in Example 1 to adsorb TMA ions and washed with water.
  • HCl (conductivity: 730 mS / cm) having a hydrogen ion concentration of 3 mol / L was passed as an eluent, and the effluent was fractionated at the ratio shown in Table 2.
  • the obtained high-concentration recovery liquid contained 19.22% by mass (1.75 mol / L) of TMACl and 1.97% by mass (0.54 mol / L) of HCl. This high concentration recovered liquid was 15.99% by mass in terms of TMAH, and did not reach the desired TMACl concentration.
  • the first fraction solution contained 1.3% by mass (0.12 mol / L) of TMACl and was treated as a waste solution.
  • the next 200 mL was fractionated as a high concentration recovery solution.
  • the conductivity of switching the high concentration recovered liquid was 336 mS / cm, which was 0.39 times the conductivity of the eluent.
  • This high-concentration recovery liquid contained 18.35% by mass (1.67 mol / L) of TMACl and 1.77% by mass (0.49 mol / L) of HCl.
  • the concentration of the high-concentration recovered liquid was 15.26% by mass in terms of TMAH, and did not reach the desired TMACl concentration.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé de production d'une solution de sel de tétraalkylammonium de concentration élevée, ledit procédé comprenant : (1) une étape d'adsorption consistant à faire passer une solution contenant de l'hydroxyde de tétraalkylammonium à travers une colonne d'adsorption remplie d'une résine échangeuse de cations de type ion hydrogène, ce qui permet d'adsorber les ions tétraalkylammonium sur la résine échangeuse de cations ; et (2) une étape d'élution consistant à faire passer une solution aqueuse acide ayant une concentration en ions hydrogène située dans la plage allant de 4 à 6 mol/L à travers la colonne d'adsorption comme éluant pour éluer les ions tétraalkylammonium adsorbés sur la résine échangeuse de cations comme sel de l'acide, et ensuite à collecter un effluent qui s'écoule de la colonne d'adsorption. Dans ledit procédé, une telle série d'étapes comprenant l'étape d'adsorption (1) et ensuite l'étape d'élution (2) est répétée plusieurs fois ; le rapport d'expansion volumique de la résine échangeuse de cations est inférieur ou égal à 1,2 fois lorsque l'ensemble des ions hydrogène de la résine échangeuse de cations sont remplacés par des ions tétraalkylammonium ; et l'étape d'élution (2) comprend une étape de séparation d'une solution collectée de concentration élevée (i) de l'effluent et de collecte de la solution collectée de concentration élevée (i).
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